ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE ZONES
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), GoI, has designated some regions in India as Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZ) in and surrounding Protected Areas, National Parks, and Wildlife Sanctuaries.
ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE ZONES
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), GoI, has designated some regions in India as Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZ) in and surrounding Protected Areas, National Parks, and Wildlife Sanctuaries.
Context:
The Revolt of 1857–1859 was a massive but failed revolt against the British East India Company's control in India, which served as the British crown's sovereign power.
India's Hunger Paradox
The phrase "India's Hunger Paradox" refers to the country's experience of malnutrition, hunger, and economic expansion. India is one of the world's top producers of food, but it also has one of the highest rates of malnutrition, with a significant portion of its population suffering from undernutrition.
Public distribution system
The Public Distribution System (PDS) was developed as a framework for managing emergency situations and distributing food at reasonable costs.
Ecosystem
A community of living things that interact as a system, along with the non-living elements of their environment, is referred to as an ecosystem.
The Cold War
From the end of World War II in 1945 until the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, there was a time of geopolitical competition and tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.
6th Schedule of the Indian Constitution
Sealed cover jurisprudence
What is the exchange rate?
When one country's currency is converted into another country's currency, the rate at which one currency is exchanged for another is referred to as the "exchange rate” or “foreign exchange rate." In other words, it is a price at which domestic currency is exchanged for another currency.
Microfinance
Microfinance, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is the "provision of thrift, credit, and other financial services and products of very small amounts to the poor in rural, semi-urban, and urban areas for enabling them to raise their income levels and improve living standards."
Hunter Education Commission:
Viceroy Lord Ripon appointed the Hunter Education Commission with the mandate to look into complaints regarding the non-implementation of the Wood's Despatch of 1854, assess the state of elementary education in the British overseas territories, and make recommendations for its expansion and improvement. In 1882, the commission's final report—headed by Sir William Wilson Hunter—was delivered.
Operation Kaveri: conflict-hit Sudan.
The Indian government launched Operation Kaveri as a rescue effort to get Indian citizens out of Sudan, experiencing a bloody conflict between military and civilian forces. With assistance from the Ministry of External Affairs, the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy, it carried out the mission.